Author
An author is broadly defined as "the person who originated or gave existence to anything" and whose authorship determines responsibility for what was created.
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Famous quotes containing the word author:
“After an author has been dead for some time, it becomes increasingly difficult for his publishers to get a new book out of him each year.”
—Robert Benchley (18891945)
“My friend devotes himself to his life, whenever he can find the spare time. His motto is: Dont just sit there: live! So hes too busy to stand, to walk, to do anything, except to live. He even refused to kiss a girl, when invited, on the grounds that it was time again to be living. Schedules are sacred to him.”
—Marvin Cohen, U.S. author and humorist. The Self-Devoted Friend, New Directions (1967)
“What I like in a good author isnt what he says, but what he whispers.”
—Logan Pearsall Smith (18651946)